Marguerite visited a basilica in Quito on the Friday before we graduated. She took the pictures that follow.
Although the church was built in a very old style, the first stone was actually laid in 1892. The church was also built with public funds. The title of the church commemorates an act of the national assembly in 1874 which consecrated the nation of Ecuador to Jesus Sacred Heart.
The first picture is of the nave, which gives you a sense of the scale of the place. The second picture shows a view of the city from one of the windows. (I spent weeks trying to get a shot like that.) The third picture show the two towers close up from a opening near the roof. Note the time on the clocks.
Marguerite wondered aloud what it would be like to have an earthquake while she was visiting. She had no way of knowing there would be one or two within a couple of weeks.
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